Ice Skating 134: Knee Pain

Lil Shauna had been complaining of right knee pain for the last few of weeks and wishing that Coach Raymond would work on her spins instead of jumps. She had been lucky; thay was what he did.

We had 1 week's break and were back on ice on Saturday for class. The break did little help to sooth the knee pain. She was warming up and practicing her jumps off ice before class. Soon after, she started complaining of knee pain. Bcos most of her jumps land on her right knee, it is no surprise that she could have strained or injured her knee.

While on ice, she started working on her spins and was reluntant to jump. The moment she did, the pain hit her. Given that the past few weeks' classes were all on spins, there was a high chance that she would be jumping this week. It is also no surprise that she would rather bear with the pain and do poorly for class than to open her mouth and tell Coach Raymond to work on something else. Zzzzzz. With less than 20 mins before class, I rushed to Watson and bought her a knee guard, hoping that it would help. I opted for a more expensive but adjustable size one over the usual knee sleeve.

The knee guard provided an immediate relief. She said that she could land without pain! Ok, I am not sure if the guard was so magical or the pain wasnt too severe to begin with. Anyway, I was glad that it worked.

I was also glad that I bought the more expensive one. The adjustable straps allowed the guard to strapped itself tightly but comfortably and there is some kind of flexible thin stripes providing the required support. Exactly what we needed.

Class was a little lazy this week. I think it must be the overdosed of holiday. She couldnt do her sit spin properly and didnt nail a loop, loop jump. This called for "tuition" after class despite much protest. Muahahaha.

No wonder tuition teachers are in demand; she managed her sit spin and somewhat of a loop, loop jump in that 15 mins after ice resurfacing. She also did some decent looking camel spin; she just needed to hold her camel spins.

Before class, Coach Raymond also asked if she would like to compete in the National skating competition in March 2019. She could recycle her program and refine her jumps and spins. She is very keen. Yay! One more competition to look forward to!

Mummy Lim